litr

See also: Litr

Czech

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈlɪtr̩]
• Rhymes: -ɪtr̩

Noun

litr m inan

1. liter (US), litre (UK)

   půl litru ― half a liter

2. (informal) a thousand crowns (Czech currency)

   Synonyms: tisíc, tác, talíř

Declension

Declension of litr (hard masculine inanimate)

	singular	plural
nominative	litr	litry
genitive	litru	litrů
dative	litru	litrům
accusative	litr	litry
vocative	litre, litře	litry
locative	litru	litrech
instrumental	litrem	litry

Derived terms

• půllitr

Further reading

• “litr”, in Příruční slovník jazyka českého (in Czech), 1935–1957
• “litr”, in Slovník spisovného jazyka českého (in Czech), 1960–1971, 1989
• “litr”, in Internetová jazyková příručka (in Czech), 2008–2025

Old Norse

Picture dictionary

litr

rauðr

rauðgulr

gulr

grǿnn

blár

víolat

svartr

grár

hvítr

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Etymology

From Proto-Germanic *wlitiz, *wlituz (“appearance, look, aspect”), from Proto-Indo-European *wel- (“to see”). Cognate with Old Frisian wlite, Old Saxon wliti, Old English wlite, Gothic 𐍅𐌻𐌹𐍄𐍃 (wlits).

Noun

litr m (genitive litar, plural litir)

1. color

Declension

Declension of litr (strong u-stem)

masculine	singular		plural
	indefinite	definite	indefinite	definite
nominative	litr	litrinn	litir	litirnir
accusative	lit	litinn	litu	lituna
dative	liti	litinum	litum	litunum
genitive	litar	litarins	lita	litanna

Derived terms

• Old Norse: litmosi
  • → Middle English: lytmos
    • English: litmus

Descendants

• Icelandic: litur
• Faroese: litur
• Norwegian Nynorsk: let, lit
• Norwegian Bokmål: let
• Old Swedish: liter
  • Swedish: let, lit
• Old Danish: lyt
  • Danish: lød
    • Norwegian Bokmål: lød
• → Old English: lit
  • Middle English: lit, litte
    • Scots: lit, litt
    • English: lit

Further reading

• Zoëga, Geir T. (1910) “litr”, in A Concise Dictionary of Old Icelandic, Oxford: Clarendon Press; also available at the Internet Archive

Polish

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈlitr/

• Audio:

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• Rhymes: -itr
• Syllabification: litr

Noun

litr m inan

1. litre

Declension

Declension of litr

	singular	plural
nominative	litr	litry
genitive	litra	litrów
dative	litrowi	litrom
accusative	litr	litry
instrumental	litrem	litrami
locative	litrze	litrach
vocative	litrze	litry

Further reading

• litr in Wielki słownik języka polskiego, Instytut Języka Polskiego PAN
• litr in Polish dictionaries at PWN